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David Prain
Scottish botanist and phycologist (1857-1944) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 86
Sir David Prain was a Scottish botanist who worked in India at the Calcutta Botanical Garden and went on to become Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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1944Died16 March 19441935Linnean MedalAward1925Albert MedalAwardVeitch Memorial MedalAward1857Born11 July 1857
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Lived 1857 to 1944 · aged 86
